The camera doesn't lie.

Although sometimes the light can help twist the truth a bit some of those deep set lines of age cannot be hidden.  

My Bpal Giftee's

   All three of my ladies on Bpal received their packages.  I made each of them a bag and a beaded hair accessory and stuffed them full of perfume and other samples.  They were all very excited and loved what they got.  I love when I can make someones day a bit better.

   I have my Redditgiftee's package ready and just have to get it off in the mail and a care package to send off to a friend in Mississippi.  This time of year can be the best, but for some not that great especially when it seems the tide is rolling against you.

  I hope that everyone has a great holiday season, with or without gifts.  Just hold tight the ones you love and know you are blessed as long as you have them in your life.  For those that are alone, go find others that are alone as well.  You do not have to be in a romantic relationship or related by blood to call someone family.

  As for me, I have my husband.  I have friends that I know personally, I have friends I have never met and I love you all.  No matter how bad the situation I know I am loved. I still miss my mom but that will never change.

  Enough blathering from me, go hug someone already.

The joy of giving

   Sometimes when dealing with our own economical issues and daily crisis we forget that as bad as we may have it there are others that have it even harder.  I was on one of my forums today and came across a posting for Kiva.  I had visited their site a couple of years ago but did not know or understand exactly what it was.

   Finding out more about it and the fact they are giving a free trial of $25.00 that I could donate to whom ever I wanted I decided to check it out.  What could it hurt they did not require I sign up for a dedicated monthly subscription.  Even better the money Kiva does get they do not keep, they use it all for distributing to the field partners who distribute the loans.  They also do not charge interest.

   For every person that signs up through my link I get another $25.00 that I can donate towards another person.  For my initial donation I chose a woman in Kenya who is asking for a loan to buy supplies for her Cafe.  The link below you can find out about Joyce and her story.

   http://www.kiva.org/lend/620882

   The money you lend you will get back as the loans are repaid and you are then able to re-loan the money to help another person.  Though $25.00 may not seem like a lot to some it can go a long way in other places.  Personally I do not have an extra $25.00  at the moment but as soon as I do I think I know what I will be doing with it.

  Again if you are interested please use my link as everyone who signs up I will be able to help that many more people.  It is a difficult choice as there are many seeking.  Hope you all have a wonderful week and your Monday feels more like a Friday.

http://www.kiva.org/invitedby/_em5ldm51eHliYXQ8bmJ5PnBieg%3D%3D

Really feeling this today.

Someone pass me the Advil.

Elkhart General Hospital

   I have to say I was not thrilled about going to Elkhart General, in the past I have had some very bad experience's including an extremely sadistic doctor.  This time the staff was prompt, friendly and the place was clean.  I think Memorial taking them over was a good thing.  

Don't Buy Me A Drink.

3 Rules of life.

I love this!

It has been so long ago, I am not so sure it is true anymore.

More excuses

   Lots of excuses as to why I have not posted in the last while.  I will just say that with the new business it has been insane.  I will find the time to post the reviews I have been promising this weekend.  I decided to give Julep another chance and glad I did.  It was a lot better than last months box to be sure, I have as well received my first BirchBox and Glossy Box so reviews on their amazing products will be posted this weekend.

   I have my first glam bag coming, I got my dishwasher today! Woo hoo!!  Cook top by Thursday and the house is still coming along slowly.  We have gotten accounts approved for our business through a lot of exciting companies.  Lip Service, Tripp, Chic Star, PopSoda, Medusa's Makeup and several others.

   Go check out the website I have listed a few more things.  Mainly been working on setting the accounts up, but in the next couple of weeks everything should start filling out nicely.

www.thewildvixen.com  or www.thewildvixen.net

Been busy

   It has been a crazy few days, we finally have all the cases of wine out of the house and it has made it possible to move!  I can now start getting more things done with the house, Eric has been released from the Dr to return to work. All I can say is after eight months I will be glad to have my insurance back but sad because I have adjusted to having him around so much.

   I did receive my first Birch Box and will be writing a review on the lovely products from that, an update on my order from the Sugar Works company and a few other items that I have been trying to get a review done on.  I may have to take him to Texas to get his work truck so start looking for the above mentioned and other things mid next week.

   Enjoy the weather everyone!

Flowers from a friends garden.

Yay... The husband is back from Oklahoma.

   I am glad he is home and can now drive me insane in person.  I can not complain a lot he did buy me a camera while he was gone :).  I love that man!

Ipsy GlamBag

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Sugar Works

   I used to order sugar scrubs from another company, they closed down and I have not purchased any in years.  I started making my own, I don't have the space or an area in the house for doing that at the moment, so I went online and found a company called Sugar Works.

  http://www.sugarworksbathandbody.com/

   I just received my order today, the prices have gone up from what I used to pay by a lot. $15.95 for an 11oz jar and they call this their large.  Well, instead of receiving my two 11oz containers I received two 8oz containers. I have contacted customer support and will post the outcome of this.

  So about the product, the scrubs scent is very light, not overwhelming.  For some they may like that I prefer more of a stronger scent.  For the glitter lovers it is sparkly at least on the top.  I have not used the scrubs because I do not know if I will be sending them back to get my order straight or what is going on yet.

   I got the buttercake and whipped marshmallow foaming body scrubs.  The buttercake has more of a light almond scent, the marshmallow has a light fragrance of... plastic.  I am really hoping when I do get to use them they smell better when you dig into them and it is just the packaging I smell at the top.

   I also ordered two Dry oil body mists $12.50 each for 4oz bottle.  One in Cinnamon Stars the other in Dark Chocolate Noel.  Both are nice I prefer the Dark Chocolate Noel, they smell very nice together.  Unlike some places that say dry oil and your skin feels oily this actually is a nice dry oil.  The fragrance seems to last pretty well.

   Once I hear from Sugar Works I will let you know how it turned out.  I have to say this for my own peace of mind.  I love the pretty wrappings but I wish these companies would stop adding the extra shredded paper and gift paper unless it is asked for additionally.  There is enough garbage to deal with and that is where most of this ends up.

   

Shock Roxie home at last.

   By the time we made it to Three Oaks, Michigan they were on their last song.  We did get to spend a little time with Sallie, but her fans where there and wanting to talk to her.  The drive home was "interesting"  what should have been an easy 45 minute trip turned into a 4.5 half hour turning, twisting getting on to toll roads heading to Chicago sort of excursion.  Home was in the other direction.

  We went, we seen we got lost and then conquered our way home.  Nice try on keeping us Michigan.... Muahahaha...  I am tired, so time to mow the lawn and find my bed.  Have a great weekend everyone!

My husbands Julep Box came in!

   Granted he was not as thrilled about having nail polish sent to him as I was.  The colors that were in his box were from the Boho set a pretty gecko sparkly green " Etta" and a deep dark blue "Millie".  I only ordered it because I couldn't make up my mind what set i wanted.

   One other thing about the polish from Julep is they are extremely runny.  So if you do order from them make sure you glide the brush against the bottle really good before applying or you will have a mess on your hands "literally".  The colors are still very vibrant with one coat.  I was in a rush so did not have the time to do a second.


 

Shock Roxie

   Heading out to see Shock Roxie in Three Oaks, Michigan tonight.  Great band love their music and their enthusiasm.  Sallie has one hell of a voice, can't wait.

My Julep came in.

   I received my first box from Julep today, to be honest I was more excited about the box and packaging than the products inside.  I did try the two nail polish, they are pretty colors the white opal like color "Zora" is the name, seemed to dry much quicker than the red one "Myrtle".

   I was going to post pictures of it on my nails but I have been playing with a self tanning spray system and have weird coloring going on with my hands.  I took pictures of everything I tried the glycolic hand scrub, it wasn't anything all that spectacular but I will continue using it and see if there is a difference.  I did get a free nail file and a one use polish remove pad.

   Overall it was a great deal for the $3.99 shipping but I cannot see paying $19.99 a month for this as I don't care for the hand scrub and I can go to my local store and purchase polish that is just as pretty and get at least four bottles or more for their monthly due.  Check my earlier post for the free first box, you just have to pay the shipping and I don't know how long it will be good for.

   This may be for you or not.

CHI Infra Shampoo and Treatment

   This is by far my favorite shampoo and conditioner.  On the days I am busy or just not wanting to deal with straight ironing my hair I do not have to with these.  We all know we are not supposed to wash our hair in hot water, with this I do.  My hair doesn't seem to suffer any the worse for it.

   The pics I am posting are after I have washed my hair with the Chi and just did a fast sweep with my straight iron.  I will do some pics of my hair at some point using a basic shampoo and no ironing.  I am not kidding when I say my hair is frizzy and very wavy, when the humidity is high and I do not iron it I have lots of curls.  If they were smooth, pretty curls like some I have seen I would be a happy woman, but they are not.

   Depending on where you buy it the prices range from $12 - $14 a bottle.  I actually found it for $10 at Wal-Mart in Oklahoma City before we moved and wished I could have stocked up on it.  If you have not tried it and looking for a great product, TRY IT!

Schwarzkopf got2b Oil-Licious

   Where do I begin with this disappointing product.  I used this only twice, I normally try a product no less than a week straight but I could not do it this time.  It does live up to the "Oil" part, It is supposed to help smooth out frizzy hair, make it look glossy and shiny.  It looked shiny, it also felt like I had not washed my hair in a month of Sunday's.

    I bought the shampoo and conditioner and one of the bottles had a sample of the serum/oil.  I never tried it, my hair was oily even after drying it and my poor straight iron had this weird brown stuff on it afterwards.  Luckily it is a great straight iron and the ceramic plates wipe clean easily.

   I do not like my hair being weighted down or looking dingy, so not something I would suggest for others to use.  Then again every persons hair is different but definitely steer clear of this if you have this or fine hair.  At 4.99 a bottle with the free sample I still felt very cheated.

   Just wondering has anyone else tried the Oil-Licious and had good results?

   I just purchased Shea Moisture from CVS, tried it once will let you know how it goes.  Loved the way the first wash came out.

   

Julep

   Julep is a company that sends nail polish out in certain styles. Their normal price is $19.99 a month but you can get your first Maven box free by using the code:  FREEMAVEN . You pay only a $3.99 shipping fee unless you spend $10 or more.  Click the Classic link below to go to their site.  After you receive your first box decide if it is for you if not end your subscription, no hassles.

    They have some pretty colors I will post my box when it gets here and show you what  I got and how good the polish seems.

Husbands Man Cave couch

Since Eric dislocated his shoulder I have been trying to keep him from lifting much so he can heal quicker. A friend gave him a couch Friday since he went to a friends to help them with a fan it was my chance to get it moved.

My friend Steph is on her way to help me move the couch but she didn't buy the story I gave her about how it moved itself from the trailer to the basement.

I think I should be hurt by her lack of belief but what can you do with doubters?